assignments for November 27, 2007

Hello Families!

Another great day in our class. Still our most pressing problem is not enough time to do all the things I'd like for us to. The children were great and in tuned. We tackled three new skills in Shurley and they "hung" with me and seem to "have it". Noah's mom was my right hand and a tremendous help to the smooth running of the day.

Spiritually, we talked about our role in fulfilling Jesus' great commission--being missionaries in our "worlds". We discussed the Holy Play from our literature book and how the church saw this as the best way to present the Gospel to the commoners. I played a song from my church's youth band and we talked about using this to reach certain segments of our town's population. I think they "got it". Ask them about it and see what you think.

Thursday, I hope to see all of you. Remember to "trill" the R's in our Latin rendition of "Frater Ionnes"!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

History:
--produce narrations for ch. 16. I'd like to see a few sentences from each of the sections. If you choose to produce just one paragraph, it must be obvious that you pulled information from each part of the chapter
--color page 69
--map page 68
--read ch. 17 in SOTW

Literature:
--vocabulary matching for ch. 16--19 (if you haven't already done it)
--review questions for ch. 16--19
--finish reading the book

Grammar:
--administer ch. 8 test after reviewing that chapter
--complete ch. 9 from the teaching text
--have all vocab words with their definition and a sentence ready to turn in (This is all I require to be turned in. If you choose to turn in your other work, that's great. It's good for me to see how your doing at home.)
--we learned about helping verbs in verb phrases, the "not" adverb, and the question verb. Hope it helps you this two weeks.

Science:
--enter gastralia, gastroliths, and articulated in science spirals
--produce a lapbook on the chapter (lesson 5) that will be due on December 4th. You have quite a while to work on this so be sure it is done well. The front cover should be appealing and "draw you in". Present information from the chapter in an appealing way. Be sure to describe yourself on the back. I have a website about lapbooks somewhere in an old e-mail. I'll find it and send it to you
--alternative assignment: a one page report summarizing Lesson 5--also due on December 4th

I'll see you at the feast!

Mrs. Tkach